When the storm team returned, they brought back the unconscious Sheng Yi and the target of this assault.
—Sheng Tian has completely transformed into an insect.
"Through observation, it should still retain some human consciousness."
Pu Ying contacted the General Research Institute to take over Sheng Tian as a sample for studying insect transformation, and gave a relevant judgment: "But this change is irreversible. From any perspective, Sheng Tian is no longer a human being."
Sheng Tianxue, who came back to find Sheng Yi, was just a half-insect mimicking a human.
Sheng Tianxun had already noticed the changes in his body, but he was still dominated by the instinct to survive. He hid in the attic to complete his final transformation.
The transformation process was so drastic that it could no longer even continue to mimic human form.
It lost its mind in the intense pain, and even attacked Sheng Yi, but was accurately sniped by Ye Hanfeng's sniper ray. Sheng Yi was so frightened that he couldn't move. When Sui Qi led people to subdue Sheng Tianxie, he simply knocked him unconscious with a palm and brought him back.
Zhuang Yu put down the research report and couldn't help but frowning: "Among the Zerg we have encountered in the past, are there any types that can mimic?"
"No." Pu Ying said, "This is exactly what we should be wary of."
Every time the Zerg occupies a galaxy, they absorb a special skill from that galaxy.
They release biogenic currents in the IC1109 galaxy, secrete corrosive liquids and release toxins in the V477 third companion galaxy, and shield themselves from detection by ordinary radars in the NGC4079 galaxy.
In the new target galaxy, the ability they want to learn is "camouflage".
Mimicking humans, disguising themselves as human companions, and quietly entering the human body.
This is more dangerous than any other ability.
If their galaxy is completely destroyed and the Zerg is absorbing this skill, the following galaxies will not even have time to react, and will be infiltrated and divided without knowing it, becoming the Zerg's new prey.
Sheng Tianxun is the only insect-transformed sample. In order to fight the Zerg more comprehensively in the future, he must be kept for thorough analysis and research.
"We have full and strict oversight of it at the management level."
Pu Ying said: "It's not a logical level. We will send a formal request for assistance through the Alliance Headquarters and continue to apply for help from Electronic Storm."
Zhuang Yu was a little speechless: "Can't you just tell Mr. Yu directly? Why go through so much trouble..."
Pu Ying: "It will take a lot of effort."
His tone was stern and Zhuang Yu was stunned for a moment, his expression also showing disapproval.
Through detection, the Ministry of Science's General Research Institute has been able to roughly determine that electron storms also have autonomous consciousness and intelligence, and are some kind of special existence in different dimensions of the universe.
But the hype in previous years was so deeply rooted in people's hearts that despite the propaganda of those ambitious people that distorted right and wrong, a considerable proportion of the alliance's residents still hated the electronic storm and wanted to avoid it as much as possible.
Even the former head of the special forces had once been prejudiced and, at an open meeting at the Alliance headquarters, had once again blamed the conservative conspiracy that led the interstellar space to destruction on the reckless approach to the electronic storm.
"Mr. Yu doesn't have to care. This is our mistake."
Pu Ying: "We should correct this mistake ourselves."
Zhuang Yu didn't say anything.
He didn't say anything else, but lowered his head solemnly, took the joint application form handed over by Pu Ying, and signed his name on the first line.
Data penetrated into the terminal was trapped for 1 week.
It does not want to start a self-examination through the supervisory procedures, and cannot adopt any means beyond the rules of the world to go in the wrong direction in the unfamiliar low-dimensional network world.
After watching the video and answering the registration test questions well, it killed more than a dozen bugs in a large web game invaded by bugs, and finally realized that it had been fooled.
The enraged terminal directly destroyed the temporarily created web game data pool.
Yu Tang was not surprised.
He had already made preparations and recorded the precious video footage of him riding a motorcycle to chop insects with complete terminal data, and circulated it to other colleagues and system friends in the Chuan Bookstore.
The system and the Dolphin had been in the sack for half an hour, and Nie Chi was worried about the unfinished main task. After watching the looped images, he couldn't help coughing several times.
Zhan Chen came back from the game maintenance. Looking at the little light group that was nibbling at every penny and concentrating on adding background music to the video, he couldn't suppress his anger and walked over to it and said softly, "Aren't you afraid that the terminal will be angry and retaliate?"
Yu Tang leaned back on his chair and leaned on Zhan Chen's shoulder: "Don't be afraid, Senior Zhan has my back."
Zhan Chen raised his eyebrows slightly.
Of course he knew that Yu Tang didn't mean what he said.
The subsequent storyline missions are full of dangers. Although Yu Tang seems to be nonchalant these days, he has actually done his best and even separated a lot of particles to strengthen Shi Ji's sea of consciousness to the greatest extent.
Even if Shi Ji is found by the terminal and the plot is forcibly corrected, it may not be possible to completely integrate Shi Ji's consciousness with the AI.
...But he was still very happy when the light group said so.
Zhan Chen was silent. He handed the hot milk to Yu Tang and imitated him in a serious and gentle voice: "Okay, I'll protect you... The frame rate here is wrong."
Zhan Chen bent down and put one hand on Yu Tang's hand holding the mouse to help him change the frame rate of the video and BGM.
He had been in charge of producing the recruitment brochure for Chuanshu Bookstore. With his right hand guiding Yu Tang to operate the mouse and his left hand resting on the edge of the table, he explained in a gentle voice the common style of this type of promotional video.
Yu Tang chewed up the remaining lollipop, swallowed the powdered sugar, and listened attentively to Zhan Chen's words.
The simulated heartbeat sound came from Zhan Chen's chest, against his back, steady and constant, almost giving people the illusion that something hadn't changed.
Zhan Chen lowered his head: "... a ball of light?"
Yu Tang came back to his senses.
"Tell me about your plan." Zhan Chen asked, not paying attention to why he suddenly lost his mind. "What is your best, middle and worst plan?"
Yu Tang: "The worst option is for us to rise up, rush into the Chuanshu Bureau, and overthrow the terminal."
Zhan Chen coughed lightly.
"But this is too dangerous." Yu Tang was pragmatic. "In the fourth-generation network environment, we are not sure that we can defeat the terminal. And... we are also not sure what the consequences of destroying the terminal will be. Will it cause these worlds to fall into turmoil?"
The relationship between the higher-dimensional world where Chuanshuju is located and these lower-dimensional worlds has not yet been fully clarified.
This world must have been forcibly interfered with, and there must be parts that have been modified. There may even be people who did not exist originally and were inserted into this world after birth.
Before figuring out all this, you can't rashly operate the terminal.
Zhan Chen nodded: "What about the middle strategy?"
Yu Tang thought for a while: "I will take over Shi Ji's sea of consciousness."
Zhan Chen didn't speak immediately. He counted out five biscuits and put them into the hot milk that Yu Tang was holding.
… This answer is not surprising.
The host has the right to take over the character's consciousness at any time. In the past records of Chuanshuju, there are precedents of the host forcibly taking over and bearing mental attacks on behalf of the character.
The electronic storm is already strong enough and may not be able to withstand the attack of the terminal.
It’s just that... Yu Tang’s middle strategy is his worst strategy.
Zhan Chen was not ready to discuss this question for the time being: "What is the best strategy?"
Yu Tang picked out the biscuits soaked in milk and put down the porcelain bowl: "Let's perform a scene."
Zhan Chen was slightly startled: "What play?"
Yu Tang tugged at Zhan Chen's sleeve, pulling him closer and whispering a few words.
It devoured the database of the junk web game and tried again to invade the terminal data of the genuine game, but encountered strong resistance from the lower world.
… He even encountered a direct interception from the person in charge of the mall.
The data on the terminal couldn't help but show waves of anger, but after a short while, it calmed down again.
The original plan was clearly successful.
The terminal thought that Zhan Chen had been completely devoured by the program, so it felt safe to recycle the data and approved his application, making him the person in charge of the mall.
But Zhan Chen miraculously regained his self-awareness.
The terminal had long wanted to find a way to deal with Zhan Chen, but Zhan Chen's learning ability was so strong that he had even mastered some powerful means that were enough to pose a real threat to it.
If it were under the fourth-generation network, the terminal would not dare to attack Zhan Chen rashly.
…But Zhan Chen just couldn't help it.
Obviously, he could just secretly open a door for Electronic Storm in the mall, but Zhan Chen insisted on trading himself out and coming to this world, just to bake cookies and heat milk for Electronic Storm.
The terminal could not understand this behavior and felt disdainful of it.
Zhan Chen took a desperate risk and exiled himself to the lower world, only to expose his biggest weakness.
—What Zhan Chen was intercepting was only the channel data sent by the terminal, not the authentic database of the terminal.
But Zhan Chen’s database is actually here.
As long as the terminal discards this data and perishes along with Zhan Chen's database, there is a chance that a loophole will appear in the game's defense.
As long as there is a slight loophole, the terminal can directly issue clear instructions without any personal intervention, and the consciousness of the S7 can be integrated with the AI.
Such an operation would inevitably trigger a self-examination of the supervisory procedure. But if it could kill two birds with one stone, solving the problem of S7 and severely damaging or even destroying Zhan Chen, it would undoubtedly be worth it.
The terminal ended the deduction and stopped fighting with Zhan Chen, directly detonating the program.
Zhan Chen sensed the danger, and a look of surprise flashed across his gentle and upright brows. He stepped back instantly, but it was too late.
…
The data in the terminal was completely detonated.
Zhan Chen's database was attacked and hit, and it went out of control instantly. His shadow also began to collapse rapidly.
The entire game was forcibly taken over, and an order was issued from the backend to force the S7 and AI to merge. In the main control room, Yu Tang suddenly stood up, but all the main controls flashed red lights indicating that they had lost control.
The terminal watched the scene on the monitor with satisfaction.
The monitoring program reacted very quickly. It no longer had time to stay in this world. According to regulations, it was forcibly blocked and could no longer make any direct interference in the lower world.
—But it doesn’t matter anymore.
All of its deduction procedures lead to the same result.
Zhan Chen was in the network environment of the lower world and had no conditions or ability to repair the database. He could only wait for it to slowly dissipate and disappear as before.
After the story line mission is completed, the host can no longer stay and must leave this story within three days.
There is no point in struggling, the forcibly modified plot has returned to the right track, and the last hope has turned into despair.
…
The terminal turned off the monitoring, stopped wasting time, and exited this world directly.
When Nie Chi received the alarm and rushed to the main control room, the system was playing flying chess with the Dolphin.
Yu Tang was concentrating on modeling. Zhan Chen, who should have disappeared, sat beside him and occasionally gave him a suggestion or two.
Everything was normal in the main control room. The indicator lights representing the various modes were flashing in an orderly manner, and the entire game was still running smoothly.
Nie Chi stood there in astonishment: "…What's going on?"
Zhan Chen looked up at the sound, supported himself on the edge of the table and stood up: "Let's perform a scene in front of the terminal."
Nie Chi frowned.
Zhan Chen told him the whole story in a gentle voice.
…
Yu Tang decided to join forces with the person in charge of the mall to put on a show for the terminal.
In this scene, Zhan Chen bravely and alone intercepted Terminal Data who wanted to sneak into the game, forcing Terminal Data to take a risk and choose a method that has the most consequences but is also the most effective method at the moment.
—Using the ability to transcend the rules of this world, directly issue instructions for the fusion of S7 and wingman systems.
In this way, the terminal was forced to exit this world.
Under the punishment of the supervisory procedure, the terminal is completely deprived of the power to directly control this world.
Humanity now has much more time than before to reorganize the alliance, resist the Zerg, and find a way to survive.
Nie Chi: "Where's S7?"
"This is our only regret."
Zhan Chen's brows showed an apologetic expression: "We tried everything, but there is no way to prevent S7 from becoming an excellent wingman program."
Nie Chi's face turned pale instantly.
His chest rose and fell twice, and he whispered, "... Is there no way?"
"Yes." Zhan Chen said, "We can only limit the sacrifice to this extent."
Nie Chi couldn't understand why Zhan Chen said such a thing.
He staggered, barely stood still, and looked towards Yu Tang.
Yu Tang was concentrating on typing on the keyboard, as if he didn't hear the conversation between the two people at all.
Nie Chi couldn't help it any longer and walked over quickly: "Mr. Yu—"
Zhan Chen said: "Mr. Yu is busy."
Zhan Chen leaned over and explained in a gentle voice: "S7 has made an indelible contribution."
"Logically, you should have explained the whole plan to me in advance."
"But before that, the terminal has been monitoring the world. If it is explained in advance, the plan may fail."
Zhan Chen said: "As compensation, we are trying to urgently make a relatively beautiful skin for it, and we are still selecting the type..."
Nie Chi: “…”
Nie Chi: “?”
He finally came to his senses and looked at Dolphin who was obsessed with flying chess. He had a hunch that these two people were teaming up to scare him.
…Mr. Yu was also surprised. The person in charge of the mall was originally gentle and dignified, more stable and reliable than anyone else, but he didn't know why he had to accompany Mr. Yu to act like this.
Nie Chi's heart was in turmoil. He wanted to go to the Zerg headquarters immediately, so he walked quickly to the door and ran into Sui Qi who was running up.
"Deputy Captain Nie!" Sui Qi panted, his eyes bright, "My account has been upgraded to 3 s!"
Nie Chi has been working for the Sui family, and this time he came to the special forces team on the orders of the Sui family.
Only in front of him did Sui Qi not only try hard to act like a calm attacker of the Storm team, but also show the excitement of a 19-year-old boy.
Nie Chi was knocked down by him and helped him steady himself: "Congratulations."
"Can I buy a cooler mecha model with 3 experience points?" Sui Qi said, "I have saved 100 million experience points and want to buy a diamond-studded one. I want to come to the headquarters to apply for it."
Nie Chi had a headache: "Don't you already have a set of diamond-studded shoes?"
The diamonds on that set of skin were less than Wu Ming's. Sui Qi wanted to buy one fully inlaid with diamonds this time, but he couldn't convince her, so he simply took out the application he had written.
Nie Chi was in a hurry to find Shi Ji. He took it and glanced at it twice, then suddenly frowned.
Sui Qi: "Deputy Captain Nie?"
Nie Chi looked up: "Why is your account called s7?"
Sui Qi was stunned: "... Can't I scream?"
He is an assaulter of the Storm team, and happens to be member No. 7. His last name is Sui, and his first letter is S, so his name fits the bill perfectly.
The requirements for registering an account are letters and numbers, and no special characters or underscores are allowed.
Sui Qi even found it difficult to find a reason not to call herself S7: "I've always called myself this, my online name is also this, and before I joined the army, I also wrote my name like this when I was in school..."
Nie Chi rubbed his forehead vigorously.
He turned around and met Zhan Chen's gentle, somewhat apologetic look.
The words that Yu Tang once said originally did not attract anyone's attention, but at this moment they suddenly popped up like a flash of thought and flashed through Nie Chi's mind.
"Sheng Tian arbitrarily smeared and changed Shi Ji's existence."
In order to completely tame S7 into his own assaulter, and also to prevent the still-living Zhuang Yu from finding traces of his subordinates, Sheng Tian took great pains to destroy all traces that could allow Shi Ji and S7 to reconnect.
Shi Ji's name was changed, his registration was new, his military status was cancelled and then re-established, and even his wingman's original paint job with the S7 number was erased.
The only thing that can connect Shi Ji and S7 is the memories of these people.
But people’s memories cannot be searched.
…
Shi Ji is the leader of the Storm Team, and his new number is S1. Shi Ji celebrated his birthday a few days ago, and was dragged back from the Zerg battlefield by Zhuang Yu to eat cake and blow out candles. According to military records, he is already 20 years old, not 19.
In this world, there is no actual data record that can connect Shi Ji and the 19-year-old observer S7.
Nie Chi had never thought of this. He looked at Zhan Chen and opened his mouth, recalling word by word what Zhan Chen had just said.
… We can only control sacrifice to this extent.
… s7 made an indelible contribution.
…Originally, it should have been announced earlier, but the terminal has been monitoring the world all the time, and if it had been announced in advance, the plan would have failed.
… As compensation, we are urgently making a new skin, and we are still selecting the type…
"Deputy Captain Nie?"
Sui Qi looked at his face, frowned, and felt a little uneasy: "Did something happen?"
Games are just games after all, Sui Qi just likes the cool game skins. Back in reality, he still has to be an assaulter on the front line to carry out missions.
Assaulters are never unnecessary. In a battle, assaulters are always in the front, leading large-scale offensives and bearing high risks and pressures.
This is also the true mission and significance of mecha operators.
Sui Qi looked at Nie Chi, put away his playful intentions, and stood at attention with a serious face: "What mission do you want to carry out? Team Leader Shi is at the Zerg headquarters and cannot be separated. I can lead the team out."
Nie Chi: "... No mission."
Sui Qi: “?”
Nie Chi took a deep breath and cleared his throat.
… He now also understood Zhan Chen’s dilemma.
If he could explain it in advance, Zhan Chen would certainly not have told Sui Qi about it earlier.
However, it cannot arouse any notice or suspicion from the terminal, so everyone can only keep it in the dark.
It was precisely because it was completely unaware that the terminal issued the order with full confidence.
- Search for keywords that explicitly include "s7" in the game to force modification and ensure that s7 and wingman piloting programs are fully integrated to create an excellent intelligent AI.
The terminal successfully searched for a top-level account called s7.
Nie Chi pressed Sui Qi's shoulder: "You now have cool diamond-studded skin."
Sui Qi was stunned for a moment, a little surprised: "What?"
Nie Chi turned around and looked at the sign held up by Yu Tang.
Nie Chi: “…”
"Of course." Nie Chi said, "But... your mecha account may have some unexpected changes."
Nie Chi: "They asked me to help you. Do you mind flying an excellent diamond-studded cool wingman for two days?"